Safer Supply?
...it appears that a significant percent of the opioid medication is being diverted-- for resale on the street, probably, or swapped for the illicit stuff.
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More Perry
Sounds as if Perry probably wasn’t the only customer, either.
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Mean Green
At this point in the US, there are allegedly a couple of hundred thousand people who would reasonably qualify as ketamine-addicted.
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The Risk Factor
Ironically, the same research indicates that those opioids chronic pain patients depended on weren’t really doing much for their pain.
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A Backwards Look at a Celebrity OD
…it’s a story I must have heard a thousand times from people in treatment. Drug addicts getting together to form a mutual ‘support system’ for drug use.
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Another surge of “Tranq”
…the outcome can be serious. In some cases, we’re told, untreated lesions have led to amputation.
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Good News on the Overdose Front
Some less good news: Law enforcement sees evidence of aggressive efforts by drug cartels to establish supply lines and operations within the US.
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The Perry file, part two
It’s gained acceptance as a remedy for a host of mental health problems, including major disorders.
That’s in spite of the fact that the FDA has yet to approve the drug for the treatment of any psychiatric condition.
Fatal for These Fans
In the absence of much factual information, wild theories have proliferated.
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Two Ketamine Fatalities
“During our training, we were told numerous times that this is a safe, effective drug,” one of the two testified.
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Up Next — Nitazenes
And for nitazenes, ‘ultra potent’ likely translates to ten or more times as powerful as fentanyl. Many hundreds of times beyond morphine.
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An Interesting Case From Virginia
If I had to recommend something, it would be for schools and parents to grab onto those evidence-based approaches and make them integral to your school culture.
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Be Careful Where You Work?
CDC claims that 1 in 5 drug overdoses in 2020 – or 20% — involved people in those two sectors alone. Something to think about.
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